The World Health Organization is urging the food industry to stop the unnecessary use of what in food-producing animals?

Health Trivia / April 10, 2025

Antibiotics. WHO's goal in limiting the unnecessary use of antibiotics in animals is to preserve antibiotic effectiveness in treating human diseases.

What is the clouding of the lens of the eye called?

Health Trivia / April 10, 2025

Cataract. Cataracts are the world's #1 cause of blindness.

How many different types of vitamins are there?

Health Trivia / April 09, 2025

13. You have to consume most of the vitamins your body needs because it cannot make them on its own.

Which of the following is a gene-editing tool which was named as Science magazine's "Breakthrough of the Year"?

Health Trivia / April 09, 2025

CRISPR. The gene-editing tool CRISPR allows scientists to cut and paste precise portions of DNA, offering a path new treatments or cures for genetic diseases.

What is cardiomegaly?

Health Trivia / April 08, 2025

Enlargement Of Heart. Heterotrophic heart enlargement is enlargement due to increased thickness of cardiac muscles.

Which medical term means "based on experience"?

Health Trivia / April 08, 2025

Empiric. Empirical treatment is used sometimes when antibiotics are given before the specific cause of an infection is known.